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The hijacking of journalism : Comments

By Murray Hunter, published 7/2/2022

Factual information is the casualty

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Journalism, once a noble profession, has been hijacked by semi-literate yahoos and political activists.
Posted by ttbn, Monday, 7 February 2022 8:05:13 AM
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Agree with most of this, Murray.
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Monday, 7 February 2022 12:38:17 PM
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"Generally, those among the mainstream media are hysterics".

Not my own words, but I certainly agree with them.
Posted by ttbn, Monday, 7 February 2022 1:43:27 PM
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That damning examination of the CBC mirrors their ABC .

Just substitute an A for the first C and it's perfect !
Posted by Aspley, Monday, 7 February 2022 2:49:24 PM
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Journalism nowadays is slanted heavily toward sensationalism, is personality-driven, mostly opinion-based and presented on TV as the equivalent of clickbait.

The more outrageous the claims, the more likely viewers will stay around until the next ad-break and the more emotional the response, the more likely they will buy something. "You have a big hole in your life about the same size as this flat-screen TV.." isn't just a myth and this is how shock-jocks in particular work.

Nowadays any clown with a camera can present "news" on YouTube to a global audience and many will believe it to be true. Even now the number of flat-earthers is increasing.

The real tragedy is that the rich and powerful have known for years that social media and the endless arguments and division it creates is what ultimately makes people vote against their best interests and can influence elections generally.
Posted by rache, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 12:05:16 AM
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Agree with Rache's comment. Australia has mostly right wing nativist conservative libertarian media i.e. 9F, 7WM & NewsCorp, happy to accept state socialism direct or in kind.

Meanwhile legacy media players, LNP and think tanks constantly complain about and dog whistle the ABC on funding, climate science, stacking panel shows etc.; the ABC has become absolutely anodyne, overpopulated by ex. NewsCorp minders and hollowed out so that it can barely fulfil its charter in the bush e.g. now a preference for news trivia vs. substantive policy issues?

What bothers the US influenced libertarians is that most people trust not just the ABC, but tax funded public services too e.g. health and pensions, hence, the powers that be are restricted to kicking down on JobSeeker, NDIS etc..

Further, most of their crucial above median age vote is rusted onto legacy media of print, radio and FTA tv, but this will not last forever and younger more diverse, educated and open minded cohorts emerge as influential in Oz (aka 'the great replacement' which keeps the alt right, nativist conservatives and ageing lefties awake at night).

Finally, following libertarian economic principles, why do legacy get so much support from the Govt. and state to expand their reach and avoid constraints, on the taxpayers' dollar? Hypocritical?
Posted by Andras Smith, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 2:20:55 AM
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